as in pointless
having no meaning
this argument over seating arrangements is an utterly meaningless bit of nonsense
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Recent Examples of meaningless
Sports Letters to Sports: ‘Tis the season for meaningless bowl games
Dec. 21, 2024
Klatt is a proponent of starting the college football season a week earlier, with the Army-Navy game as the kickoff event.
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Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2025
The Philadelphia Eagles are locked in the No. 2 seed, so, from a team standpoint, Sunday afternoon against the New York Giants is quite literally meaningless.
—Ryan Morik, Fox News, 1 Jan. 2025
Renewable energy, assuming it can be produced in sufficient quantities at all, must still be transmitted from the point of production to the point of consumption, or else its production is meaningless.
—Daniel Markind, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
With an unforgivable 131-minute running time, The Kissing Booth 2 drags out Elle’s meaningless temptation by hot new transfer student Marco (Taylor Zakhar Perez), who serenades her on the beach by apparently pulling a guitar out of thin air.
—Josh Bell, Vulture, 27 Dec. 2024
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Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2025
The Philadelphia Eagles are locked in the No. 2 seed, so, from a team standpoint, Sunday afternoon against the New York Giants is quite literally meaningless.
—Ryan Morik, Fox News, 1 Jan. 2025
Renewable energy, assuming it can be produced in sufficient quantities at all, must still be transmitted from the point of production to the point of consumption, or else its production is meaningless.
—Daniel Markind, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
With an unforgivable 131-minute running time, The Kissing Booth 2 drags out Elle’s meaningless temptation by hot new transfer student Marco (Taylor Zakhar Perez), who serenades her on the beach by apparently pulling a guitar out of thin air.
—Josh Bell, Vulture, 27 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for meaningless
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The agency is driven by activity, not results, and wastes money on pointless and counterproductive projects and DEI initiatives.Terence Kealey, National Review, 12 Jan. 2025
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It’s been a whirlwind transformation for the brand, and some loyalists feel burned by their support of Xbox for two decades, where now being an Xbox fan feels somewhat pointless.Paul Tassi, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
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Lies, no matter how absurd, gain traction the more they're repeated.Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
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In yet another absurd Elon Musk news story, it's been revealed that people are betting on how many times the owner of X will post on his platform in a week.Jibin Joseph, PCMAG, 15 Jan. 2025
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So ridiculous the referee initially had trouble believing that anyone could be so reckless & stupid.The Athletic UK Staff, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
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And there was no such thing ever as a bad decision or a stupid question.Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 4 Jan. 2025
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CEXs have already had to kowtow to former EU member the United Kingdom’s inane crypto laws, forcing exchanges to code new front-ends and to exclude certain products and services from their UK service.Sean Lee, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
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The serious can exist alongside the inane, and the two enhance each other; in this universe, everyone deserves the right to a good bit of fun, and mass entertainment must serve the solemn duty of providing it.Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 20 Dec. 2024
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The Couple Next Door The Bottom Line PG-13 partner-swapping upstaged by silly thriller subplots.Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Jan. 2025
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Elon Musk is surrounded by almost constant controversy, but the latest scandal to rock the world’s richest man is surely the silliest—Musk is being accused of pretending to be good at video games.Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
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After a turbulent period of irrational exuberance followed by skepticism, the creator economy appears poised for its second major growth cycle, with M&A activity forecast to accelerate significantly in 2025.Ian Shepherd, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
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Now comes a cataclysm in the country’s foremost blue state that is traceable, in part, to irrational progressive priorities and may prove a millstone around the neck of one of the foremost talents on the Democratic bench, California governor Gavin Newsom.Rich Lowry, National Review, 15 Jan. 2025
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In what can only be described as a Christmas miracle, the ER was empty.Sherry Kuehl, Kansas City Star, 8 Jan. 2025
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The press room was almost empty, a member of the small pool of journalists asleep in a chair in the briefing room.Susan Page, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025
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If the young shortstop is truly as good as gone, the Blue Jays would be foolish not to trade him.Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
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While admirable, the plan to resettle the poor was foolish in retrospect as the Low Country soil is sandy and the weather too hot for farming.Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 27 Dec. 2024
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“Meaningless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/meaningless. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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